Bob Rule
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Bobby (Bob) Frank Rule (born June 29 1944, in Riverside, California) is a retired American basketball player at center for the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, Philadelphia 76ers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and briefly, the Milwaukee Bucks. [1]
A second round draft choice, Rule quickly became one of the stars of Seattle's expansion franchise.[2] Named to the NBA All-Rookie Team, Rule's 18.1 points per game average is still the SuperSonics' all-time highest by a rookie. His rebounding average of 9.5 is the second best ever by a SuperSonics rookie, behind only Pete Cross's 12.0 in the 1970-71 season. Also during his rookie season, Rule scored 47 points in a game against the Los Angeles Lakers — another still-standing SuperSonics rookie record.
Rule's game grew stronger during the next two seasons. In the 1968-69 season, he averaged 24.0 points per game and 11.5 rebounds per game. In the 1969-70 season, he averaged 24.6 points per game and 10.3 rebounds per game, set a then-Supersonics record of 49 points in a game against the Philadelphia 76ers, and played in the NBA All-Star Game.[2] In the 1970-71 season, Rule began the season averaging 29.8 points per game and 11.5 rebounds per game in his first four games before going down with a season-ending torn achilles tendon.[2] He never regained his All-Star form, and by 1974 his career was over.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b basketball-reference.com. Bob Rule stats. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
- ^ a b c www.nba.com. Seattle Supersonics History. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
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